CKP Projects Mac

est. 1995

projects: mac's falls

This section of the website features various pond builds and other pond related tasks we undertake

The focus is to show work in progress rather than the finished product

Aug 2006
This job was a lot of work. It always is when the first step is to remove the existing stone and pond

If you roll over the image right, you will see what it looked like before we started

The previous waterfall had some nice aspects, but the large flat rocks and lack of soft landscaping degraded the look

We installed a 3 inch bottom drain to an external filter. There are a lot of trees on the property and the submersible pump was always getting clogged

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Chaining large boulders such as these is tricky and dangerous		It took awhile to rip out the all of the existing stone. The previous builders installed a concrete collar, albeit too high. We had to use the hammer drill to break it down in order for the rock to be submerged		This pond houses no fish and is purely for aesthetics. In this picture I'm applying waterfall foam to prevent too much water bypassing down through the stone		This picture is taken from the top of the feature. There are 3 water courses that return to the pond

There wasn't a lot of space but we managed to install a 55 gallon settlement tank and a flushing chamber. The settlement tank really isn't big enough to allow for good performance, but with some screening, will still catch debris and prevent the pump from easily clogging

There is also a skimmer installed which brings the total turnover flow rate to 6K gallons / Hour

This pond is here in our portfolio

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Last Modified : January 30, 2007

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